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Alain Bolduc

Your conclusion is to the point, but given they've stated they want to become the market leader, that does involve some risk. Another key piece is their upcoming move to an SAP ERP system which is also a big undertaking.

As for them painting Axis as a widget maker, I guess you could say that all is fair in love and war.

One thing I think they understand very well though is that in order to become a market leader, you don't have to please all the people all of the time, just most of the people most of the time.

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Seth Thompson

The small amount on R&D is puzzeling to me........ with that much coin coming in you would think they would be pumping more into that department to fast track the integration of all the new pieces of Tech they have bought into the product line ASAP. thus over running the market and puting both small and large competitors and the like on thier heels and possibling making themselves the most dominate (non china) on the Market.... Time will tell but Google/Microsoft did not become household names by spending pennies in R&D.

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John Honovich

Integrating video analytics into a VMS is very important for sales of that video analytic because people expect to be able to monitor / review analytic alerts inside their VMSes. This is not something unique to Avigilon but impacts any analytic / VMS combo.

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Alain Bolduc

I'm not saying it's not. Simply that if they need to take the right amount of time to make sure it's integrated the way they want it to be and that it actually works the way it should, they can still sell the VideoIQ appliances which already work with ACC.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

Yes Alain, but they are perishable goods. The market won't wait forever for the integration to be done. At the most, Avigilon has 12 months from the close of the acquisition to finish and market the integration before the iron cools.

If you look at companies like Tyco and UTC who have made several acquisitions over the years, it's easy to see the successes that can be had when they integrate the IP into their solution versus the failure that occurs when the acquired IP is forced to remain in a silo.

Gorilla Technology is a Taiwanese video analytics manufacturer that recently announced a $15 million investment from SBI Group, saying this...

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